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Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Government decided to bring budget day forward from the first week in December to on or before 15 October. The Bill includes the measures announced on budget day and also contains details of a number of other changes, including many of a technical or administrative nature. The Bill provides for changes to the research and development tax credit regime announced by the Minister on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I agree with Dr. O'Reilly and Ms Ling that the focus should be on living. They spoke about supporting families but I ask them to outline the type of support provided to families in terms of making decisions. It is horrible for any family to find out that a child is terminally ill. In the context of the multitude of illnesses involved, what level of expertise is available to families? What...

Order of Business (12 Nov 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: When can we expect the publication of the regulation of vehicle immobilisation Bill, to regulate vehicle clamping and tow away?

Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: When will we see publication of the monuments Bill, which is to consolidate, update and improve the legislative code governing the protection and regulation of the national architectural heritage?

Access to Credit: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Nov 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The negative consequences of the recession have hit our city centres and rural towns hardest. Towns play a vital role the social, cultural and economic life of communities throughout Ireland. Many shops and businesses, new enterprises and even some that have been in operation for decades or generations, have been unable to survive the downturn in economic activity, resulting in an...

Order of Business (19 Nov 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I thank the Taoiseach for his commitment to the Narrow Water bridge. At all times, the Taoiseach kept his promises.

Order of Business (19 Nov 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: When can we expect publication of the human tissue Bill? This will meet the key recommendations of the Madden report that no hospital post mortems may be carried out and that no tissue may be retained after post mortems without consent. It will also address other matters relating to human tissue, including consent arrangements for transplantations and research purposes.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Inspections (19 Nov 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 615. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the filling of the vacant preschool inspector's post in County Louth. [49109/13]

Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The national paediatric hospital development board (amendment) Bill is to provide for an amendment to the functions and membership of the national paediatric hospital development board. When can we expect its publication?

Order of Business (26 Nov 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: When may we expect publication of the customs Bill to modernise legislation relating to customs and consolidate it into a single Act?

Order of Business (27 Nov 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: When will the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development Bill to underpin Government policy on climate change mitigation and adaptation be published?

Forestry Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: This Bill updates existing forestry law in several ways. It gives the Minister the power to make regulations for the effective management of the forestry sector and the protection of trees. It introduces a revised felling licence system and assigns powers to authorised officers to enforce the Forestry Acts. The introduction of the legislation follows consultation and reviews of the...

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013 aims to improve road safety. It allows for blood to be taken from an incapacitated driver following a collision. It introduces preliminary impairment testing to better identify and stop drug-taking drivers. The Bill introduces a low disqualification limit for learners and novice drivers and makes other changes to the current road traffic laws. There has...

Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: When does the Tánaiste expect the publication of the road traffic (No. 3) Bill, which is to provide for the North-South mutual recognition of penalty points, and other amendments to road traffic legislation?

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Bill amends the Pensions Act 1990 to change the manner in which the resources of a defined benefit pension scheme are distributed on its wind-up. It also broadens the categories of benefits that can be reduced where a defined benefit scheme is being restructured because it does not meet the statutory minimum funding standard. It amends the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 to...

Order of Business (10 Dec 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: When does the Taoiseach expect the publication of the trusts Bill, which is to reform and consolidate the general law relating to trustees so as to better deal with and protect trust assets?

Order of Business (11 Dec 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: When can we expect publication of the regulation and valuation of land Bill which will merge the Property Registration Authority, the Valuation Office and Ordnance Survey Ireland?

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Mental capacity refers to a person's ability to make decisions about their life in areas such as finance or health care as well as common day-to-day decisions. A person may lose mental capacity due to an injury or an illness and this may be a temporary or permanent loss. Legal capacity refers to a person's ability to act within the legal system. Unlike mental capacity, it is a legal...

Bethany Home: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Dec 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Bethany Home was established prior to the foundation of the State as a private organisation with a Protestant ethos to provide charitable assistance to women of all denominations on the margins of society. It closed in 1972. While it continued to provide a range of assistance, it evolved primarily into a mother and baby home. Women would usually go there a few months before the baby was...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: There is the famous saying that your health is your wealth. The Minister said the Department would be publishing the Health in Ireland: Key Trends report next week, which will provide an overview of health status and health services over the past ten years. He said it showed a real improvement in mortality and increased life expectancy. Better health care has increased life expectancy by...